Quotes on “life”

Life is ours to be spent, not tobe saved.

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.

Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.

He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.You forget some things, dont you?Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.